(There was an emergency yesterday, and I didn’t even have time to take a leave online. There will be two updates today)

When both sides sent their main lineup back on the field, the Trail Blazers remained suppressed on the Suns.

The Suns are indeed suffering a lot in lineup structure. No one in the inside can be one-on-one with Gan Guoyang. Neither Adams nor Jones can stop this insider with increasingly rich skills.

Perhaps it is only possible to slightly alleviate Gan Guoyang's damage to the Sun's inside line.

"Gan took the ball at a low post and was his favorite position. Sanders stepped forward to double-team Gan Guoyang, Gan passed the ball back to Valentine, and Valentine passed the ball back to Gan... Gan turned around, hooked his left hand! The ball entered! The beautiful left hand hooked, Gan's hook became more and more skillful!"

After being defeated by the Suns twice, Gan Guoyang began to think about changing the attack methods.

Because Gan Guoyang used to crush the Suns inside and directly came to the basket and then used a small hook, the Suns began to let the players who were online come to double-team Gan Guoyang and prevent Gan Guoyang from squeezing into the middle.

So, Gan Guoyang changed his strategy. He pretended to turn inside and squeeze in. As a result, after receiving the ball again, he turned directly outside and turned to the bottom line. Then he used the left hand hook that he had also practiced hard in summer and hit two points.

The score between the two sides has now changed to 51:40, and the Trail Blazers gradually widened the gap to 11 points.

In the defense, the Trail Blazers players also began to become more and more adept at some hidden illegal defenses.

One of the major advantages of regional defense is that it is not easy to be smashed by the opponent with one punch. Once the opponent has one or two powerful singles points, the defense line will be easily broken as the game goes deeper.

Regional defense is a relatively "work-saving" defense. Players and players help each other. Although it will cause relatively large loopholes in the entire defense line and points are inevitable, the team's defense line can still maintain its formation.

Of course, one more important reason is that the nemesis of the defense of the three-pointer in the area at that time had not yet become the mainstream scoring method in the league.

"Beep!" At this time, the referee's whistle sounded again. It turned out that Gan Guoyang had hit the edge while defending again. He paid too much attention to Sanders, who was not in the ball, and was blown by the referee to an illegal defense.

"I just looked there a few times, can't I take a few glances? I didn't turn around, I didn't have the tendency to attack him!" Gan Guoyang ran to the referee to argue a few times. Now Gan Guoyang is no longer the rookie of last season, and the referee has to give some face to players like Gan Guoyang.

"You have played the edge ball several times. I can't always let you do this. I have to give you a foul." The referee did look at him like a torch. Although he turned a blind eye to such a edge ball, he still had to blow when it was time to call.

Gan Guoyang pretended to be helpless and shook his head, but he knew that it was inevitable that he would be hyped by the referee and he could not always let the Trail Blazers take advantage.

Moreover, the Blazers' defensive purpose has been achieved, which is to destroy the Suns' offensive rhythm, make their offense fragmented, singles, and make them score in a more labor-intensive way, so the Blazers can win more effort.

With Adams hitting a free throw, the score between the two sides reached 51:41, and the Trail Blazers still had a 10-point advantage.

"The Suns continued to attack, Sanders held the ball and forced a breakthrough! After Gan's interference, Adams grabbed the rebound, made a layup, but still failed, and Parkson won the rebound."

Sanders is the best performer in the Suns. There is no way. Van dervic's defense is indeed a bit poor, and Sanders is very easy to eat him alone.

But with Gan Guoyang's backup defense, it is not that easy for Sanders to score consecutive goals.

Paxson was the only substitute who stayed on the court. Ramsey was not ready to continue sending Drexler to the field in the first half. It was important to control his playing time and let him take care of his leg injury.

With such a lineup, the Trail Blazers began to attack with the Suns, and they wanted to play a success rate.

Gan Guoyang made 6 of 8 shots in the first half, scored 14 points in two free throws, plus 9 rebounds, and the Suns had no choice but to do anything to him.

But Gan Guoyang's performance did not end. He ran to the low post on the left to pretend to ask for the ball, but the Suns' defense line closed very tightly at this time. If Gan Guoyang held the ball at the low post, he would inevitably be double-teamed.

So Paxson, who was holding the ball, hesitated for a moment and did not pass the ball to Gan Guoyang. He passed the ball to Van dervich who was inserted from the right.

After receiving the ball, Van derwich immediately dribbled through the middle. At this time, Gan Guoyang had left the low post and walked outward, leaving Van derwich room to break through.

The Suns naturally contracted their defense in the interior, and Adams stepped forward and closed the door, blocking Van dervic's breakthrough route.

Van dervich did not force his move, nor was he fooled and hit Adams to get an offensive foul. He turned his head and passed the ball to Gan Guoyang who was walking outward!

At this time, Gan Guoyang was completely empty, and the other Suns players did not come up to make up for defense. Gan Guoyang was not polite and shot from the 15-foot position on the left.

"Swish!" The mid-range shot hit, a 15-foot jump shot!

"Yes!" Gan Guoyang clenched his fists after scoring the goal. Obviously, such a mid-range shot was more exciting than a dunk. This was a success he had achieved after more than a year of hard practice.

After seeing Gan Guoyang scored the goal, Ramsey also applauded and sat on the bench on the bench.

Ramsey was extremely happy in this game. He yelled at the players no more than twice. Even if the team was chased by the Suns, he was not impatient or impatient. After all, he was very confident about the strength of this Trail Blazers - this is the most powerful Trail Blazers since 1977.

With the buzzer ringing, the first half ended, and the Trail Blazers entered the intermission with a 12-point advantage with a 55:43 point advantage.

The score of 43 is indeed too few for the Suns. Under the NBA basketball environment and tactical thinking at that time, a team's first half should generally be around 60 points, and the whole game score is generally around 110 points.

The Suns' misperforming performance on the offensive end was not only due to the absence of the team's generals and the disadvantage in lineup structure, but mainly because they are not adapted to the Blazers' defense.

Judging from the new defensive system that Bellman brought to the Trail Blazers, judging from the first half, it is not very oppressive. It can be seen from the Suns' mistakes that they only had 3 mistakes.

But the Suns' offensive rhythm was destroyed, with singles and forced shots occupying the main part of the Suns' offense, which made their shooting percentage quite poor, only 37%.

In comparison, the Trail Blazers played with ease. They did not use much forceful attack. They did not appear as fast as the Lakers. Drexler's injury was partly the reason, and the Trail Blazers did not do their best.

During the intermission, the Trail Blazers' locker room atmosphere was quite relaxed. After experiencing the first half, Bellman finally eased from an over-tension state.

"The defense is done well. If you are judged to be illegal, it would be better if you are judged to be less likely to defend. But I still want to emphasize that you should not ignore personal defense and don't always think that someone will come to wipe your butt. This game is facing the Suns. If we face the Lakers, it will definitely not be so easy." Ramsey likes to give players vaccinations as always.

Indeed, in the NBA, one defense and one is the mainstream defensive strategy. Making corresponding changes on this basis is the main idea of ​​the current Trail Blazers coaching staff.

Ramsey also used this to remind players not to rely too much on this "side-leaning goal" and improving personal defense level is the king.

But Gan Guoyang knew that with the development of the NBA, although personal defense will always be the mainstream of the NBA, various defensive systems and defensive strategies will emerge, which will have a profound impact on the development of the NBA's technical and tactical skills.

If this trend is inevitable, then let the pioneers follow this trend and even become the "trailblazers" of the trend.

The second half of the game continued at the Memorial Stadium, with a score of 55:43 and a score of 12 points, which is not that insurmountable.

So the Suns launched a fierce counterattack as soon as they came up. They still seized the defensive loopholes of the Trail Blazers at Vanderwich, and seized the advantage of point guard Humphries against Valentine, and used the players' personal abilities to attack the basket.

At this time, Gan Guoyang's disadvantage of not guarding the basket was highlighted. He needed to move a longer distance to return to the basket to make up for defense, and Sampson was worse than Gan Guoyang in defensive effect.

So, Sanders and Humphries began to score consecutively.

But the most fatal problem with the Suns is that they can't defend against the Trail Blazers with strong individual capabilities. Although Van dervich was exposed on the defensive end, he was in excellent condition on the offensive end. Sanders didn't score a goal, so he would definitely have one on the offensive end.

For teams without defensive strength, it is difficult to smooth out the larger score difference. The opponent will not always cooperate and miss the attack in succession, giving you the opportunity to counterattack and chase points.

This kind of back and forth situation is obviously beneficial to the pioneers.

"Gan and Drexler pick-and-roll, Drexler passes the ball, Gan breaks into the inside, and dunks with both hands! Oh ~ The Suns' inside is fragile, I think the Trail Blazers are already considering their opponents in the next game."

Gan Guoyang and Drexler made a pick-and-roll cut. After receiving Drexler's pass, Gan Guoyang broke into the inside and crossed the Suns' double-player attack, and made a back-bump, pushing the atmosphere of the Memorial Stadium to its climax.

The score at this time was 98:77, and the game had lost its suspense. The Trail Blazers had a good start at home and had a big victory.
Chapter completed!